Hydrogen-fuelled narrowboat to stop off in Chester
GREEN activists are set to welcome in a hydrogen-fuelled narrowboat when it stops off in Chester during its first-ever canal cruise.
The boat, “Ross Barlow”, was developed by students and faculty at Birmingham University to spread awareness of how hydrogen can be generated and used as an alternative source for energy.
Chester will be the final leg of the 120-mile journey from the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Birmingham University.
The boat will also be showcased at a special event at Tattenhall Marina on Saturday, June 19, before it is parked in the city at Chester Basin for the Tom Rolt Centenary Celebration Rally on Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and 27.
The Inland Waterways Association spokesman for the Chester branch, Gillian Bolt said: “The boat will provide trips around the marina to demonstrate the silent electrically propelled system – the future means of clean, zero-emission canal and river boat propulsion using hydrogen as fuel.
“This is against a backdrop of a rapidly growing demand for energy. It is predicted that we have no more than 20 years to implement the extensive measures required to meet these challenges.
“Representatives from the University of Birmingham will be on hand to explain hydrogen generation.”
The final seven miles to the rally at Tower Wharf, Chester, will be a charity pull by a pantomime horse and fun characters on Friday, June 25, in support of the Starlight Children’s Foundation for seriously and terminally ill children.
